Serapias Explained
Serapias is a genus of terrestrial orchids that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor.[1] [2] The genus was named after Serapis, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity. Serapias have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.
Species
Natural hybrids
- Serapias × albertii (S. neglecta × S. vomeracea)
- Serapias × ambigua (S. cordigera × S. lingua)
- Serapias × ambigua nothosubsp ambigua (S. cordigera × S. lingua)
- Serapias × ambigua nothosubsp panormosana (S. cordigera subsp. cretica × S. lingua)
- Serapias × cypria (S. bergonii × S. orientalis subsp. levantina)
- Serapias × euxina (S. bergonii × S. orientalis)
- Serapias × garganica (S. orientalis × S. vomeracea)
- Serapias × godferyi (S. cordigera × S. neglecta)
- Serapias × halacsyana (S. bergonii × S. cordigera)
- Serapias × halicarnassia (S. bergonii × S. orientalis subsp. carica)
- Serapias × intermedia (S. lingua × S. vomeracea)
- Serapias × kelleri (S. cordigera × S. vomeracea)
- Serapias × lupiensis (S. lingua × S. politisii)
- Serapias × meridionalis (S. lingua × S. neglecta)
- Serapias × oulmesiaca (S. lingua × S. cordigera subsp. cordigera)
- Serapias × provincialis (S. cordigera × S. olbia)
- Serapias × pulae (S. istriaca × S. lingua)
- Serapias × rainei (S. cordigera × S. parviflora)
- Serapias × todaroi (S. lingua × S. parviflora)
- Serapias × walravensiana (S. orientalis subsp. carica × S. lingua)
Notes and References
- Venhuis . C. . Venhuis . P. . Oostermeijer . J. G. B. . van Tienderen . P. H. . 2007-06-01 . Morphological systematics of Serapias L. (Orchidaceae) in Southwest Europe . Plant Systematics and Evolution . en . 265 . 3 . 165–177 . 10.1007/s00606-007-0519-0 . 1615-6110. free . 2007PSyEv.265..165V .
- Bellusci . F. . Pellegrino . G. . Palermo . A. M. . Musacchio . A. . 2008-06-01 . Phylogenetic relationships in the orchid genus Serapias L. based on noncoding regions of the chloroplast genome . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 47 . 3 . 986–991 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.019 . 18434211 . 2008MolPE..47..986B . 1055-7903.